Understatement. Hyperbole. Oxymoron. Periphrasis.

Figure of speech

Hyperbole

Understatement

Periphrasis

Oxymoron

Definition

A figure of speech (a form of irony) in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement.

A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. Contrast with hyperbole.

Periphrasis is a roundabout way of referring to something by means of several words instead of naming it directly in asingle word or phrase.

A figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox.

To which group it belongs:

- according to I. R. Galperin

- according to Kukharenko

- according to Screbnev

Lexical SDs and EMs

Lexical SDs

Paradigmatic semasiology units

Lexical SDs and Ems

Lexical SDs

Paradigmatic semasiology units

Lexical SDs and Ems

Lexico-syntactic SDs

Paradigmatic semasiology units

Lexical SDs and Ems

Lexical SDs

Units of syntagmatic semasiology

Types

Semantically it split into:

-         trite

-         genuine

Semantically it split into:

-         trite

-         genuine

Semantically it split into:

-         trite

-         genuine

Depending on the mechanism of substitution of a word:

-         logical

-         figurative

Semantically it split into:

-         trite

-         genuine

Structurally it split into:

-         attributive

-         verbal

Example